Leganes (Spain), Dec 24: A last-gasp goal by France’s Wissam Ben Yedder enabled Sevilla to secure a 1-1 away draw against Leganes in Spanish La Liga football action. Once more, the Butarque stadium proved to be Leganes’ stronghold, as it has against most of the top-5 teams in the La Liga table, with Barcelona, Atletico Madrid […]
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China can be strong contender at FIFA World Cup: Australian coach
Gold Coast (Australia), Dec 24: The Chinese women’s football team has improved technically and is more disciplined and organised, said the coach and skipper of the W-League (Australian top-flight league) side Newcastle Jets on Sunday following a training match. “They are much more improved from when they played in Melbourne last year,” said Craig Deans, coach […]
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Messi leads Barcelona to 5-0 win over Levante
Valencia (Spain), Dec 17: A triple strike by forward Leo Messi helped Barcelona register a massive 5-0 win over Levante at Ciutat de Valencia stadium. Barca coach Ernesto Valverde had to shift his deployment to 3-5-2 after Nelson Semedo sustained a knee injury earlier in the day and had to be scrubbed. Despite the fact that […]
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Griezmann rescues Atletico in 3-2 La Liga win over Valladolid
Valladolid (Spain), Dec 16: French forward Antoine Griezmann scored a late goal to complete a brace and lead Atletico Madrid to a 3-2 win here over Valladolid in La Liga. Atletico earned their first road victory in the Spanish league in nearly three months. Atletico kicked off the game in strong fashion on Saturday night, but […]
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Valencia impress in win over Man United
Valencia (Spain), Dec 13: Valencia ended their 2018-2019 Champions League campaign with a 2-1 victory against a listless Manchester United. Wednesday’s action in Group H began with United and Juventus already qualified for the Champions knockout stage and BSC Young Boys doomed to finish last, reports Efe. Valencia, meanwhile, had an incentive to win their final […]
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Teams with the Lowest Score in T20 Cricket
Teams have had played with a different strategy, and in the Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, it has been appealing over and over again. From time-to-time, with teams scoring the bulk of runs, we have also witnessed some top-notch teams with the lowest score in T20 cricket. Eventually, in that sense, it puts everything right back into […]
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Athletic beat Girona in new coach’s debut
Bilbao (Spain), Dec 11: An Aritz Aduriz penalty in stoppage time gave Athletic Club a 1-0 victory over Girona in the home side’s first match under new coach Gaizka Garitano. The result here on Monday lifts Athletic Club to 14 points from 15 matches and while they remain in the LaLiga drop zone, safety is within […]
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Garcia named new Villarreal coach
Madrid, Dec 11: Spanish top division club Villarreal has named Luis Garcia Plaza as their new coach after sacking Javier Calleja earlier in the day. Luis Garcia’s last job saw him earn promotion to the Chinese Super League with Beijing Renhe, but he has ample experience in Spain with clubs such as Levante and Getafe and […]
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Madrid ready for Copa Libertadores final second leg
Madrid, Dec 8: Sunday sees the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final between Argentinean sides River Plate and Boca Juniors in Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium: a game which has attracted worldwide attention given the dramatic circumstances surrounding it. Such is the global interest in the match that the press box in the Bernabeu has had […]
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Cesare Prandelli appointed new head coach at Genoa
Rome, Dec 8: Cesare Prandelli became the new head coach of struggling Genoa CFC, replacing Croatian coach Ivan Juric, the Serie A side announced Friday. Juric’s third spell as Genoa manager came to an end Thursday after just two months due to a skid of four defeats and three ties in Serie A, in addition to […]